 | George Ford Dropped 6 points in the first 15 rounds just to drop 30 more in the last 5 :( Plum pick 4 Large you LOSER!! |
 | Adam Nicholas Jones Could be out here. :-( |
 | Matthew Brockwell A max of 178 was not very friendly, lucky I survived that! |
 | Jon Stammers Oh wow, am I through? I thought I might be out last round???? |
 | Ravi Choudhary This happened several hours before your game, Jon - https://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=4240220 |
| Jon Stammers Yes but don't 3 people have to go out? Only 2 scored less than me so far?? |
 | Matthew Tassier Gav scored the same as you, but you've gone through ahead of him as you drew with Prime while Gav lost by 17 points. Very narrow margins! |
| Jon Stammers Oh I see! Wow, hard luck Gav!! |
| Matthew Brockwell Slight discrepancy - the spreadsheet says 3 weakest links required, but the notes say 4. Which is right? |
| Matthew Tassier Ah, sorry, it's supposed to be 4. We've got some whittling down to do now! |
| Tlou Laz oh well, that's me out (again) :) |
| Jon Pinyan No, Tlou, that's you surviving (again) |
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| Matthew Tassier Elliott's record perfect run comes to an end here, as this round belongs to Martin H. who scoops up a max game, a Game of the Week and the Strongest Link title. |
| Matthew Tassier A tough fight at the edge of the elimination zone sees Tlou having a second very late escape as Eoin falls 2 agonising points short of safety with Jon P not far behind. So, Eoin, Jon P, Jon S and Steven you are the Weakest Links. Goodbye! |
 | Eoin Jackson Cheers Matthew. Remember how cocky I was in private message about my prospects in this round? That ended well...
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| Tlou Laz I did not see that coming Jon! |
| Jon Stammers Thanks so much Matthew for organising an excellent tournament, and well done everyone who got through! |
Tourney round: Weakest Link Numbers Tournament 2025: Round 8 - Lockdown
Notes from the organizer: For Round 8, it's Lockdown again, this time the standard version. Apterous Plum is here to complicate things with his 6 small selections and his sporadic solving. Again, remember to always use the highlighted red number in your solution, whether directly or in a dead end before you reach the target.
Some stats for this round:
Expected competitors: 60
Weakest Links required: 4
Historic average Lockdown WL score: 168.01
Most Strongest Links: 2 - Tom Cappleman
Highest average Lockdown score (this year's entrants): 191 - Colin Thompson (1 game)
Highest scoring Lockdown Weakest Link: 146 - Owen Carroll (2024)
For more stats see spreadsheet linked below.
FOUR lowest scoring Weakest Links will be leaving the tournament this round. If there is a tie for lowest scores then margin of victory/defeat will be taken into account amongst tied players followed, if necessary, by total score in the tournament so far (see notes by matches).
Tournament progress can be followed here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nqXFt20TYWIgYR9W_ZHqE1XVsHlVYOMlY7dLflGOSbc/edit?usp=sharing
Good lock!
Ran from: 3 – 16 October 2025. Format: Lockdown Numbers Attack. Matches: One-off. Level scores: Drawn. Approved.
Fixtures: 60. Completed: 60.
Results and fixtures
Key. Green: winner. Red: loser. Bold: max game.
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